The Earth Made Suitable for Life

“And do not do mischief on the earth, after it has been set in order” part of verse 56


(Al-A'araf): a new vision Earth was polluted so God fixed it for us and ordered us not to spoil it any more but ordered us to supplicate him to avoid the evil of
environmental corruption, let us read this new vision of the verse....


Quran and the history of Earth

The radiation measurements of Earth rocks has indicated that the age of this earth is within 4.6 billion years, where it was in its early stages a flaming giant wrapped with flaming rocks, and there are millions of meteorites that hit its surface every day, these hits were considered to be as a hammer knocking and settling this earth till it took its’ spherical shape .

Then this earth has started to cool gradually , water vapor started to condense around it in the atmosphere, clouds started to be shaped and rains falling down heavily , which lead to cooling the Earth and the emergence of seas that enveloped the entire Earth.

Then the earth's crust has started to be formed and fissures started to appear on it which formed what is called tectonic plates, those plates began to move and to collide with each other forming mountains and rising rivers. Scientists believe that life has begun on Earth 3 billion years ago and they also say that a sudden extinction has occurred for many species of living organisms such as dinosaurs which have become extinct 65 million years ago after they have spoiled the earth , didmassacres and spilled each others blood .Then a huge meteor fell down and penetrated the Earth's atmosphere causing fires, destruction and pollution which led to the complete perdition of this kind of creatures.

Repeated Earth Pollution

When Scientists have studied the Earth history, they found that Earth at the beginning of its creation was highly contaminated with toxic gases, oxygen was not born yet, and the atmosphere consisted of poisonous gases and water vapor.

Then and over millions of years and as a result of physical reactions by the act of God , the earths’ atmosphere has been purified from those gases and filled with clean air, thus God fit earth for life to be suitable to be lived on its surface .

Scientists inform us that the amount of carbon gas and methane gas were hundreds of times greater than it is today, which means that there was a corruption in the earth's atmosphere and God fixed it through the creation of plants which absorbed that gas to make its’ own food and through the dissolving of a part of that poisonous gas in the oceans . And at the same time God created a great amount of bacteria which produce oxygen in large quantities. This operation continued for millions of years where bacteria and plants acted as purifications systems for the earths’ atmosphere.



One day earth was highly polluted but God fixed it to us, and scientists says that the ratio of carbon gas was hundreds times much than it is today, then a complex physical and dynamic reactionshave been occurred and as a result was the clean atmosphere, but studies indicate that there is a new increase in the ratio of carbon gas which alarms to dangerous and natural disasters.


The mercy of carbon gas

God with his mercy chose to purify our earth from the toxic carbon gas, that gas in an era of time was heavily covering the earth. Today its ratio is about 0.035 %, in other word, in every one hundred thousand grams of air there is 35 grams of carbon gas.

If we looked at the other planets of the solar system, we notice that its atmosphere is corrupted and is not suitable for life. For example, the proportion of carbon gas on Mars is about 96% and its proportion on Venus is more than 98%, so when we find that the carbon gas proportion on earth is very low (0.035%) so it’s surely a mercy of God on us.

In a research held at the University of Chicago, scientists confirmed that carbon gas is really a mercy of God as it regulates the temperature on the surface of the earth, and that any change in the gas ratio would cause disasters and hurricanes.

The mercy of oxygen

Why did God make the ratio of oxygen in the atmosphere about 21%? Of course this ratio is appropriate for the continuation of life. Researchers says that if the ratio of oxygen in the atmosphere was less than 15% we will not be able to set on fire as the amount of oxygen would not be sufficient to complete the interaction. And if the amount of oxygen is more than 25% everything on earth will be burned without even a sparkle because of sun heat!

And the strangest thing that causes the wonder of scientists is that the micro-organisms on earth if they are exposed to direct sunlight, they die immediately. But with a mercy of God that he provided the atmosphere with a layer of ozone gas. That layer absorbs the ultraviolet radiations coming from the sun, and without this layer all creatures on earth have been dead from a long time, but in fact it was impossible for life to arise!

Of course, someone may ask a question: How do scientists know about the amount of oxygen or carbon gases in the earths’ atmosphere millions of years ago? During getting samples of ice in the Alps for example, scientists have found that this ice contains bubbles of gas. And after examination of those bubbles with what it contains of elements which is called radioactive isotopes, and by the amount of remaining radiation in those elements, they can calculate the age of those bubbles and how was the atmosphere at that time.

A future with bad news !

Studies have shown that the ratio of carbon gas now in the atmosphere is 30% higher than what was it in the previous ages, and the ratio of methane gas is 100% higher than what was it in previous years.

The proportion of carbon gas increases with a rate of 1% every year, and that increase is very dangerous, this rapid increase is because of the human activity in burning fuel and energy production. Therefore, if that increase continues as it is now, so during the next 100 years the ratio of gas carbon in the atmosphere will be higher than ever before in the earth history during the last million years.

The increase in the ratio of carbon gas will cause sudden climate changes, and that will cause some natural disasters, and as a result of that a famine could sweep the world especially the poor part of it, sea level will rise several meters due to melting of Icebergs in north and south Antarctic. And that will cause the sinking of whole coastal cities as a result of that high rise.

The increase in the ratio of carbon in the atmosphere during previous ages of earth was due to the geological phenomena like volcanoes and the gases emerged from them, and despite of that massive amounts of gases , it is still much less than today’s pollutants released by human.



A curve representing the increase of carbon gas ratio from 1958 till 2004 showing the rapid increase in the ratio of this poisonous gas, as the ratio increased from 300 parts in one million to 400 parts in one million during the last 50 years! Quran talks about the earth pollution cycle

Recent studies of the earth history indicates there is a cycle for the earths’ atmosphere, where one day it was full of poisonous gases, then the ratio of those gases declined gradually according to delicate and complex operations mending that imbalance in the atmosphere and without those operations it was impossible for life to be on earth .

Today, scientists inform us that the rate of pollution has increased once again so we find them uttering warning cries for human to not to pollute this earth because that will lead to a lot of environmental disasters .So Quran has preceded those scientists to refer to this scientific fact as Quran has confirmed that the earth was one day not suitable for life then God fixed it and ordered us not to corrupt it and to supplicate him to prevent us evil of disasters . God said :(And do not do mischief on the earth, after it has been set in order, and invoke Him with fear and hope. Surely, Allah’s Mercy is (ever) near unto the good-doers) verse 56 (Al-A'araf)

This verse included several signs:

• A sign to avoid corruption and pollution in the earth as he says: (do not do mischief on the earth).
  
• A sign that one day earth was polluted then God fixed it to us and ordered us not to corrupt it after it has been set straight as he says after it has been set in order).
  
• A sign to the importance of supplications in this era as nowadays the environmental corruption is threatening the earth with natural disasters like hurricanes, tsunamis and acidic rain, etc., as he says: (and invoke Him with fear and hope).
  
• A sign to not lose hope of Gods’ mercy and to regard as a good omen and that God is able to repair that environmental imbalance as he says: (Surely, Allah’s Mercy is (ever) near unto the good-doers).
  

500 scientists agree on this fact !

In the 2nd conference which was held in Paris in the beginning of 2007 , more than 500 scientists gathered from all over the world and they drew conclusions that the environmental corruption and pollution have covered land, sea and even human, plants and animals and that human is responsible for that corruption and there is a possibility to return back to the normal ratios for carbon gas in the atmosphere.

The most amazing thing is that Quran summarized for us these results in only one verse which refers that the spread of that corruption in land and see is because of human as he says:(Evil (sins and disobedience to Allah) has appeared on land and sea because of what the hands of men have earned (by oppression and evil deeds), that He (Allah) may make them taste a part of that which they have done, in order that they may return (by repenting to Allah, and begging His Pardon) verse 41(Al-Room)



Hurricanes and their dangerous outcomes are the most important results of the environmental pollution, and this is one of the results of the corruptions that Quran has warned us from as he says: (And do not do mischief on the earth, after it has been set in order, and invoke Him with fear and hope. Surely, Allah’s Mercy is (ever) near unto the
good-doers) verse 56 (Al-A'araf)

What is corruption?

One of the meanings of corruption in Almoheet dictionary is (Infertility).
Infertility happens as a result of cessation of rain or natural disasters which kills plants and animals, so God has ordered human not to be a reason in the destruction and corruption of the earths’ atmosphere. And that what Quran has told us about anyone who seeks to ruin the earth balanced system as he says (And when he turns away (from you "O Muhammad "), his effort in the land is to make mischief therein and to destroy the crops and the cattle, and Allah likes not mischief) verse 205 (Al-Baqarah)

So there are many kinds of corruption, ethical corruption and environmental corruption. And these verses has been revealed in a time when no one knows that one day the ratio of pollution on earth will be so high and indicates to the corruption of the earths’ atmosphere.

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